ZIP 26238 Foreclosure, Tax-Lien & Distress Report

In Barbour County, West Virginia, ZIP 26238 scores 23 of 100 for composite distress, a low level on DLRadar's distress index. Its standout signals are construction/permit lag (82/100), structural risk (53/100), institutional ownership (44/100). On the quiet end sit mortgage stress (4/100). Climate and flood risk are elevated too — flood (NFIP) exposure (72/100). Structural exposure scores 53 and live distress 1 on the 0–100 scale.

The market reads expansion — home values rose 8.0% year on year, at 57/100 phase confidence. Even climbing markets leave specific parcels in distress; the scoring isolates them.

1,049 residents call 26238 home, typically aged 57. The typical home is worth about $133,000 (3.2× income, relatively affordable). 100% of housing is owner-occupied. There are about 700 housing units across 26238. 28.6% of residents fall below the poverty threshold. At $41,250, median income runs below typical U.S. levels. Around 7% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. On demographic stress specifically, 26238 scores 42/100. Vacancy runs 24.0%, above the national norm and a classic distress-and-opportunity signal.

Taken together, 26238 profiles as an active-distress market where motivated-seller and below-market acquisitions concentrate. No parcel file is published for 26238 yet, but every score above is drawn from a verifiable public dataset and refreshed as records post.

The number is not local guesswork: 26238's 23/100 comes from the same nationwide foreclosure, tax, mortgage and lender model, making it directly comparable anywhere. The score is rebuilt from public data as it updates, so 26238 reflects the current record instead of a stale or modeled snapshot.

The 23/100 for 26238 sums independent layers - foreclosure, mortgage, tax-lien, lender headwind and structural risk - so the mix behind the number matters as much as the number. Practically, 26238 works as a screen — verify the reading, drill to the specific parcels driving it, and carry the deal through capital and closing on the platform.